ABSTRACT

This article analyses the disaggregated data from the 2020 American Superintendent Decennial Study. The focus on superintendents of colour provides important insight into the ways individuals holding the highest rank in school districts govern the instructional, facilities, fiscal, personnel, and community relations matters as they comprehensively prioritise students' academic success and social wellbeing. Given the historicity of marginalisation of people of colour, the current heightened visibility of racial discrimination waged against the Black community, and the disproportionate health risks highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, our focus on the US superintendency is poignantly timely and necessary. Purposely grounding this article in an asset-based approach of exploring the work and lives of superintendents who are not part of the hegemonic norm – by centreing superintendents of colour and women superintendents – we employ a lesser-used tactic of emphasising underexplored leadership experiences to highlight what we can learn from and appreciate about them. In doing so, we mirror the current state of the profession and the ways society influences it. Considering recent increases in efforts to support the humane treatment of Black lives on a global scale, this article corroborates existing evidence detailing the ways educators play a pivotal role in shaping children's lives.

摘要

本文分析了 2020 年美国警司十年研究的分类数据。对有色人种主管的关注提供了重要的洞察力，让我们深入了解在学区排名最高的个人管理教学、设施、财政、人事和社区关系事务的方式，因为他们全面优先考虑学生的学业成功和社会福祉。鉴于有色人种被边缘化的历史性、当前针对黑人社区的种族歧视的高度可见性以及 COVID-19 大流行突出的不成比例的健康风险，我们对美国监管机构的关注是非常及时和必要的。本文有目的地基于资产的方法来探索不属于霸权规范的管理者的工作和生活——通过以有色人种管理者和女性管理者为中心——我们采用了一种较少使用的策略，强调未充分探索的领导经验来突出我们可以从中学习和欣赏它们。在这样做的过程中，我们反映了该行业的当前状态以及社会影响它的方式。考虑到最近在全球范围内支持人道对待黑人生活的努力有所增加，本文证实了现有证据，详细说明了教育工作者在塑造儿童生活方面发挥关键作用的方式。